[gmx-users] How to build a custom protein (PDB file)

[Erik Marklund]

Ricardo Soares skrev:
> Hello everyone!
>
> I have a particular amino acid sequence and I wanna build a 
> custom-shaped protein and make it a pdb file (I'm talking about 
> non-realistic forms, like squares or a full extended chain). Can 
> anyone indicate me some software for this task?
>
> Thanx!
>
I don't build much myself, but I use pymol a bit and I know it is 
capable of building stuff. It is also scriptable and pythonable so 
automatic generation of a structure from a sequence ought to be doable. 
And it's free.

/Erik

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